HC Deb 30 July 1975 vol 896 cc492-3W
Mr. Hurd

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made in securing the payment of pensions due to British subjects from the Government of India as a result of the nationalisation of the Indian coal industry.

Mr. Rowlands

The British High Commission in Delhi has pressed the Indian authorities for full payment of pensions due to British subjects from nationalised Indian coal companies. The state-owned Coking Coal Company has now agreed to makeex-gratia payments of up to Rs 500 a month to pensioners, pending a full settlement of their claims; these payments have, however, not yet started. A similar interim decision is being sought from the company operating non-coking coal mines.

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